SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s parliament will proceed with the re-vote of the special counsel act regarding first lady Kim Keon Hee at 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) before putting the impeachment bill of President Yoon Suk Yeol to a vote, local Yonhap News said. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Sandra Maler)
By David Lawder (Reuters) -Donor countries have pledged a record $100 billion three-year replenishment of the World Bank’s fund for the poorest nations, providing a vital lifeline for their struggles against crushing debts, climate disasters, inflation and conflict. The World Bank made the announcement on Friday in Seoul at a pledging conference for the International …
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By Michael Martina and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he has chosen former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China, tapping a former politician with business experience to help steer relations riven by deep mistrust and trade tensions. “He will be instrumental in implementing my strategy to maintain Peace in …
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By Ju-min Park and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s ruling party leader said President Yoon Suk Yeol needed to be removed from power for trying to impose martial law, increasing the pressure on him to quit even though members of his People Power Party late on Friday reaffirmed its formal opposition to his impeachment. …
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STOCKHOLM/SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean author and Nobel Literature Prize winner Han Kang said on Friday she had been deeply shocked by the news of martial law being declared this week in her homeland, and that force must not be used to suppress the public. “I watched with shock the situation that was unfolding,” she …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung warned that President Yoon Suk Yeol might make another attempt to declare martial law before parliament votes on impeaching him on Saturday. Yoon’s brief imposition of martial law late on Tuesday sent Asia’s fourth-largest economy into turmoil, with Lee’s Democratic Party and …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, lawmakers from the main opposition party raced special forces soldiers to the parliament building to hold a vote against the measures. Now the same politicians who climbed the compound’s walls on Tuesday to avoid security cordons are spearheading an …
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Formula One announced a five-year extension of the Chinese Grand Prix contract on Friday, keeping Shanghai on the calendar through 2030 at least. The sport returned to China in 2024 after a four-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new deal was announced at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. …
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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an appeal by an activist jailed for secession under a China-imposed security law to gain early release from prison. Ma Chun-man, convicted under the city’s 2020 national security law (NSL), is the first such NSL defendant to lodge a legal challenge …
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By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia and the Philippines signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Philippine woman who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, an Indonesian government minister said. Indonesia’s senior minister for law and human rights affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra and Philippines Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez signed the agreement …
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